The last day of Mardi Gras is here. Parades line the streets of New Orleans as people celebrate Fat Tuesday before Ash ...

Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday take place this week, marking the start of Lent. Here are the dates for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus Christ's resurrection on Easter.

Ash Wednesday marks the start of 40 days of Lent, but what's this Catholic tradition all about and is it still observed in ...

A Polish pre-lenten season treat has returned to a business on upper Peach Street. Fuhrman’s bakers at Luminary Distillery ...

An area church invited the public to splurge for Mardi Gras before Lent. St. Mark’s served up breakfast items such as ...

Shaquille O'Neal, Katy Perry and Harry Connick Jr. are just some of the stars who've tossed beads and had a blast over the ...

In Chicago and the Midwest, eating paczki is a time-honored tradition on Fat Tuesday. The Polish deep-fried pastry has the ...

As people celebrate Mardi Gras, officials with PennDOT encourage people to practice safe driving and be on the lookout for ...

Paczki, Fasnacht, cakes, and other pastries were sought after at a bakery in Nanticoke. NANTICOKE, Pa. — Customers heading to Sanitary Bakery in Nanticoke needed more than 15 minutes to get through ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word ...

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is traditionally the last day before the season of Lent begins, a period of time characterized by ...